Patent · US Expired

Electronic bingo player

USRE32480E · kind E · reissue

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 8, 1986
Grant dateAug 18, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 8, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC —)General

Abstract

An electronic bingo playing apparatus and method involve the use of a hand held portable computer having a card memory which can store the content information from a plurality of standard bingo cards. This information is entered by a keyboard. Letter/number combinations which are selected during play of the game are also manually entered by the keyboard. The program memory then directs the microprocessor to search the stored cards for a match and any winning patterns of matches. Upon detection of a winning pattern, the portable computer responds with the winning card number, as well as the particular winning pattern.

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